The ultimate sacrifice : martyrdom, sovereignty, and secularization in the west

The Resource The ultimate sacrifice : martyrdom, sovereignty, and secularization in the west
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The ultimate sacrifice : martyrdom, sovereignty, and secularization in the west
Title remainder
martyrdom, sovereignty, and secularization in the west
Statement of responsibility
Clayton Fordahl
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"This book presents an interpretive, macro-historical and sociological account of martyrdom. Moving away from the notion of martyrdom as an object of individual behaviour and seeing it instead as a significant cultural work performed by communities in the wake of a violent death, it provides a novel interpretation of western political and religious history. In addition to thus redressing the disproportionate attention given to the concept's relationship to Islam, the author offers a new perspective on two defining historical processes: secularization and the rise of modern sovereignty in the form of the nation-state. An innovative analysis of the role of sacrifice in contemporary culture, that constitutes a timely critique of long-dominant theories of disenchantment and the privatization of religion, The Ultimate Sacrifice will appeal to sociologists and social theorists with interests in religion, politics and the connection between the two"--
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Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
OCoLC-P
Dewey number
272.094
Index
index present
LC call number
BR1601.3
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Classical and contemporary social theory
Target audience
adolescent
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